As we continue looking at the Life of the Apostle Paul, we pick up where we left off in his first letter to the Thessalonians. He spent the first three chapters reminiscing about his time ministering and teaching in Thessalonica only a few months prior to writing this letter. Now we pick up with the [...]
Category: Scripture
Days of Creation (Part 3)
I want to spend one more blog post reviewing the Genesis Creation account found in Genesis 1 - 2:3. I've already addressed it a little in the two previous posts, Part 1 and Part 2. First, as mentioned in Part 1, the very first verse covers the creation of all the universe. "In the beginning, [...]
Life of Paul 20
Paul finished his visit to Athens and proceeded on to Corinth. Luke tells us, in Acts 18:1-5, "After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. [...]
Days of Creation (Part 2)
As I mentioned in Part 1, the Genesis account of creation had a specific purpose for the original readers/hearers - the nation of Israel coming out of captivity in Egypt. They were to recognize that God is responsible for ALL of creation and that their place in it has a purpose. A lot has been [...]
Life of Paul 19
As we continue our journey with the apostle Paul, he has just left Berea (and Timothy and Silas) and traveled by sea south along the coast to Athens, accompanied by some of the Berean believers. Paul instructed his Berean companions to take word back to Timothy and Silas to join him as soon as possible [...]
The Watchmaker's Pulse 